Russell Road among stakes nominees

Longtime track favorite Russell Road is among the nominees to run in the $100,000 Wild & Wonderful Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, part of the June 30 Sprint Festival. Russell Road, trained by former James Wood High...

Pellum, Green garner VaSID honors

Former Massanutten Military Academy standout Darrion Pellum and Winchester native Erick Green have been named to the 2012 Virginia Sports Infomation Directors (VaSID) University Division All-State Men's Basketball Team. Pellum, a 6-foot-6 senior guard, garnered first-team honors after averaging 18.3...

Charles Town sets new single month handle mark

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races continues to show steady growth, with the latest evidence being a record-setting month of wagering in March. The track's total all-sources handle for March was $29,426,572 with an average daily handle of $1,279,416 represented...

Whittle wins fourth straight state crown

Former Strasburg High School multi-sport standout Jeff Whittle continues to excel in in his chosen field -- coaching. On Feb. 25, Whittle led his Charleston, S.C., First Baptist Hurricanes to their fourth consecutive South Carolina Independent Schools Association (SCISA) Class...

EMU's Thorne named all-ODAC

Former Skyline High School basketball standout Andrew Thorne has been named to all-conference men's basketball team in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Thorne, a 6-foot-4 junior wing starting for the first time this season, is averaging a team-best 12.7 points...

Charles Town to offer guaranteed pool for Classic

The betting window could be heating up at this year's Charles Town Classic.

MMA grad named 'Best of the Best'

Hampton University senior guard and former Massanutten Military Academy standout Darrion Pellum has been getting serious air time on ESPN since his self-assisted alley oop in Wednesday's game against Maryland-Eastern Shore. Pellum, who first came up with a steal and...

College baseball arriving early at Rebel Field

The Valley Baseball League's New Market Rebels are set to host a trio of college baseball doubleheaders during the last weekend of February. On Saturday, Feb. 25, Pitt Bradford will play Eastern University in a doubleheader at Rebel Field starting...

Fields breaks 1,000-point mark

Former Clarke County High School standout Tara Fields got her 1,000th career point for Wilson College during Saturday's home game against Keuka College. Fields, who finished with a team-high 23 points in the 70-39 loss, got her 1,000th point on...

Patriots ranked in national poll

Shenandoah Valley Christian Academy's boys basketball team is ranked No. 8 in the nation in this week's National Christian School Athletic Association poll. The poll, open to private Christian schools, has Riverdale Baptist of Upper Marlboro, Md., as the No....

Former Eagle Morgan stellar in collegiate debut

Former Clarke County High School track and field standout Hilton Morgan delivered an impressive collegiate debut for Eastern Mennonite University in Saturday's Captains Invitational hosted by Christopher Newport University. Morgan, a freshman thrower for the Royals, was competing in his...

Wildcats' football program earns donation

Warren County High School's football program will receive a $5,000 check from the Oshiomogho Atogwe I AM Foundation of the Institute of Science and Health after finishing as the runner-up in a competition among Washington, D.C. and surrounding area schools for the highest grade point average.

Another All-America honor for Lawson

Former Clarke County High School standout Kat Lawson continues to pile up postseason honors following her final women's soccer season at Washington & Lee University. Lawson's latest postseason accolade is a second-team selection to the D3soccer.com All-America team, announced on...

Cornell named NSCAA All-Region

Former Warren County High School standout Nick Cornell has been named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region squad.

Phillips garners pair of Hall honors

WINCHESTER -- Jim Phillips has joined the ranks of two separate halls of fame in the span of a month. Phillips, a longtime Valley Baseball League administrator and executive, was part of the five-person Hunter Maddex Hall of Fame induction...

Charles Town gets first-ever Grade 2 race

The $1 million Charles Town Classic will be moving up another notch in 2012. The Classic, which attained Grade 3 status this year in just its third running, drew a loaded field for April's race. It was the track's first-ever...

MMA stays at No. 6, R-MA drops out of VISAA poll

Both Massanutten Military Academy and Randolph-Macon Academy dropped football decisions on Saturday afternoon, but only the Yellow Jackets lost ground in the latest Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association poll. MMA (3-4), which dropped a 19-8 road decision to Sidwell Friends...

MMA holds steady, R-MA slips a spot in VISAA poll

Massanutten Military Academy snapped a three-game losing streak and halted a slow slide down the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association football rankings with Saturday's 38-0 victory over Fishburne Military Academy. Randolph-Macon Academy didn't fare as well Saturday, falling 30-29 to...

Rapid Redux makes it 18 straight wins

Rapid Redux took another step in his pursuit of Thoroughbred racing history on Friday night at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races by winning his 18th straight race. With the victory in the 1 1/-8th-mile allowance race, the 5-year-old Kentucky-born...

Yellow Jackets move up in poll

Randolph-Macon Academy gained a spot in the latest Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association football poll released on Monday. The Yellow Jackets, who knocked off Hancock (Md.) last Friday night by a 40-20 score, moved up to No. 5 in the...